OKLAHOMA CITY — Every year, Guthrie resident Donna Romine is diligent about getting her mammogram. In 2014, her diligence may have saved her life. “One year it wasn’t there, the next year it was,” ...

The findings underscore the importance of training, best-practice protocols, and up-to-date equipment to reduce exposure for ...

CHICAGO -- Some women with breast cancer who prefer breast conserving surgery consisting of lumpectomy and radiation may choose a procedure that delivers radiation to the malignant tumor and not to ...

To reduce the amount of fluoroscopy or X-ray radiation, a team of researchers worked with imaging tools such as 3D mapping and ultrasound to develop a new standard for radiation-free electrophysiology ...

Radiation therapy is an essential treatment for prostate cancers. Complications from radiation are very rare, but occasionally men can develop a urethral stricture after radiation treatment. The ...

Compared with interventional cardiologists, interventional imagers are exposed to markedly higher levels of radiation during structural heart procedures, according to new single-center data. These ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Studies estimating cancer risk from CT radiation use data from different people exposed to different radiation (like atomic ...

A Philadelphia-area startup is developing a device to reduce radiation doses used to conduct medical procedures such as cardiac catheterization and orthopedic surgery. Company name: IntelliRad Control ...

The procedure was performed on a 39-year-old woman with a life-threatening infection caused by gallstone blockage ...